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HB6
XDKWQ7Z-1
By Representative Pettus
RFD: Ways and Means General Fund
First Read: 13-Jan-26
PFD: 25-Jun-25
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XDKWQ7Z-1 05/08/2025 KMS (L)KMS 2025-1870
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PFD: 25-Jun-25
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, certain law enforcement
officers may receive payment for up to 80 hours per
year of accrued and unused annual leave in excess of
480 hours.
This bill would provide the same benefit to
State Police Tier II Plan members of the Employees'
Retirement System of Alabama.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the Employees' Retirement System of
Alabama; to amend Section 36-26-35, Code of Alabama 1975; to
allow State Police Tier II Plan members to receive payment for
up to 80 hours per year of accrued and unused annual leave in
excess of 480 hours.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 36-26-35 of the Code of Alabama
1975, is amended to read as follows:
"§36-26-35
(a) All persons who are regularly employed by the state
and who are subject to the provisions of the state Merit
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and who are subject to the provisions of the state Merit
System, and all legislative personnel, officers, and
employees, including, but not limited to, Legislative Services
Agency personnel, whether subject to the state Merit System or
not, shall be entitled to accumulate annual leave on the basis
of biweekly pay periods through the payday on March 17, 2006,
as follows:
Employee's total service
with:
Accumulation of
leave per pay period
Annual
Accumulation
Fewer than five years'
service
4 hours 13 days
Five but less than 10
years' service
5 hours
16 days 2
hours
10 but less than 15
years' service
6 hours
19 days 4
hours
15 but less than 20
years' service
7 hours
22 days 6
hours
20 but less than 25
years' service
8 hours 26 days
25 years of service or
more
9 hours
29 days 2
hours
(b) Beginning with the payday on April 3, 2006, all
persons who are regularly employed by the state and who are
subject to the provisions of the state Merit System, and all
legislative personnel, officers, and employees, including, but
not limited to, Legislative Services Agency personnel, whether
subject to the state Merit System or not, shall be entitled to
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subject to the state Merit System or not, shall be entitled to
accumulate annual leave on the basis of semi-monthly pay
periods as follows:
Employee's total service
with:
Accumulation of
leave per pay period
Annual
Accumulation
Fewer than five years'
service
4 hours 20 minutes 13 days
Five but less than 10
years' service
5 hours 25 minutes
16 days 2
hours
10 but less than 15
years' service
6 hours 30 minutes
19 days 4
hours
15 but less than 20
years' service
7 hours 35 minutes
22 days 6
hours
20 but less than 25
years' service
8 hours 40 minutes 26 days
25 years of service or
more
9 hours 45 minutes
29 days 2
hours
(c) Maximum accrued leave after 25 years of service
shall be limited to 29 1/4 days per year, and the maximum
number of days of annual leave which may be carried over at
the end of each year shall be limited to 60 days.
(d) Any law enforcement officer in the Department of
Public Safety Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall be
entitled to receive payment for any accrued and unused annual
leave days in excess of 60 days, up to a maximum of 10 days
per year. Payment shall be calculated using the officer's
regular rate of pay.
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regular rate of pay.
(e) Any merit classification of employee of the
Department of Corrections requiring certification as
correctional or law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace
Officers' Standards and Training Commission may receive
payment for any accrued and unused annual leave hours in
excess of 480 hours, up to a maximum of 80 hours per year.
Payment shall be calculated using the employee's regular rate
of pay."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2026.
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